““The closest thing to the human immunodeficiency viruses, Hahn explained, are the simian equivalents, SIVs. But “simian immunodeficiency virus” is a huge misnomer. The virus doesn’t harm the immune systems of these natural hosts; they don’t even seem to get sick. “If we could figure out how simian immune systems deal with the viruses, we might have a clue to controlling AIDS,” she said. “That very hope drives my work.””
